Why it matters
The strategic read
Turns the Google/Intersect power-first framework from a platform idea into a named construction-stage Texas receipt. The project pairs data-center load with dedicated clean generation, storage and on-site gas firming, directly attacking the speed-to-power and transmission bottlenecks that decide where new AI capacity can actually land.
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What was disclosed
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Google and Intersect announced construction of the Meitner Energy Center in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas.
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The campus includes a new Google data center built directly alongside new energy generation.
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The project includes more than 1 GW of wind, solar and battery storage systems.
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Google says the majority of site power will come from clean energy starting on Day One, with a minority share of demand met by firming on-site gas to support reliable operations.
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The data center is planned with advanced air-cooling technology to limit water consumption to small-scale domestic uses.
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Google is establishing the Caprock Workforce Hub, an 800-acre managed residential facility in Wheeler County designed to accommodate up to 3,500 construction workers.
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Google and Intersect said their first joint Texas site, the Quantum Clean Energy Project in Haskell County, combines 640 MW of solar and 1.3 GWh of storage colocated with a Google data center.
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Google said Quantum will begin operations in June 2026 and that the associated Google data center recently began construction.
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Google said it closed on its acquisition of Intersect in March 2026 and separately referenced a $40B Texas investment through 2027.
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DCD reported the Meitner project as a Google / Intersect colocated data center and 1GW+ energy project in Gray and Roberts Counties.
Disclosure boundary
What is known—and what is not
Primary Google press release plus DCD near-primary coverage. Public details disclose construction start, project location, data-center colocation model, 1GW+ wind/solar/storage scale, on-site gas firming, air-cooling approach, workforce housing and Texas portfolio context. Google does not disclose total capex for Meitner, exact data-center IT load, PPA pricing, interconnection documents, battery dispatch rights, gas supply, EPC awards, turbine/BESS vendors, fiber routes, customer workload allocation or final operating schedule.